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Easily ranking as one of the most successful figures in Hollywood, producer-director Frank Marshall was associated with an astounding percentage of the highest grossing and most beloved films in the history of American cinema. After receiving his start with auteur director Peter Bogdanovich on films such as "The Last Picture Show" (1971), he went on to produce projects for iconic directors Martin Scorsese and Walter Hill, before working with Steven Spielberg on the globe-trotting adventure tale "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). This began a long-lasting professional relationship with the prolific filmmaker, in addition to introducing Marshall to his future wife and producing partner, Kathleen Kennedy. Under the Amblin Entertainment banner, formed with Spielberg, he and Kennedy produced a slew of hits, including "Gremlins" (1984), "The Goonies" (1985), and "Arachnophobia" (1990), the latter of which also marked his feature film directorial debut. By 1991, he and his wife had formed their own production company, which enjoyed great success with films like "The Sixth Sense" (1999), although efforts such as "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008) provided continued collaboration with Spielberg. Some 40 years later, Marshall was still working on important films with the very best Hollywood had to offer - Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter" (2008) being one example - continuously adding to one of the most impressive, well-rounded careers in modern filmmaking.Born Frank Wilton Marshall on Sept. 13, 1946 in Glendale, CA, he was the son of composer-arranger Jack Marshall. After spending his early years in the city of Van Nuys, he and his family moved to the coastal community of Newport Beach, where the teenage Marshall attended Newport Harbor High School. He entered the film business as a protégé of director Peter Bogdanovich, whom he met at a birthday party for the daughter of director John Ford, a Marshall family friend. Bogdanovich invited Marshall, then an undergrad at UCLA, to work on his feature directorial debut, "Targets" (1968). Marshall received his apprenticeship in film production performing various tasks, such as decorating sets, making sandwiches and even appearing in a bit part. After traveling through Europe post-graduation, he returned stateside to Wichita Falls, TX as location manager on Bogdanovich's seminal film, "The Last Picture Show" (1971). Under Bogdanovich's tutelage, Marshall would work his way up from producer's assistant to associate producer on five more films. He branched out to work with Martin Scorsese as a line producer on the music documentary "The Last Waltz" (1978) and as an associate producer on director Walter Hill's gritty crime thriller, "The Driver" (1978). The following year, Marshall earned his first executive producer credit on Hill's cult classic street gang movie "The Warriors" (1979).Marshall's work as producer on George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's paean to the pulp adventures of the past, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), was not only a pivotal moment in his career, but in his personal life as well. It was during production of the blockbuster that he met his future wife and partner, Kathleen Kennedy, who was serving as associate producer on the film. The collaboration proved to be so fruitful that the trio of Marshall, Kennedy and Spielberg went on to form the production shingle Amblin Entertainment - named after Spielberg's first feature film - later that same year. Together they went on to produce the Tobe Hooper-directed horror movie "Poltergeist" (1982), followed by Joe Dante's mini-monster romp "Gremlins" (1984), which marked the first Amblin production the three would collaborate on as co-producers. He went on to serve as executive producer and 2nd Unit director on the sequels "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) with Spielberg and Lucas. Marshall also served as executive producer with Kennedy and Spielberg on t